Victoria
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This morning our Red also went over the rainbow bridge. He was now sick for some time. We did not know what was wrong with him. He had similar problems to what Black had. He did not have treatment for them because we did not know what it was or what to do with it. Black was treated with several antibiotics and antiparasitic medications, hada blood test whichwas inconclusive,but he still died. For the past couple of weeks Red looked thin and also had episode of being weak. He never stopped eating, drinking and pooping and peeing until the very end. The test showed no problem with Blacks kidney function but his intake of water and urination was increased a lot. During the same period of time (just a few months later) Red shown the same kind of symptoms - weight loss, increased water intake and urination.
Only yesterday he was still eating hay when I went to bed.
I noticed that both rabbits lost weight, had choking episodes on pellets and towards the end Red had one episode of being weak and falling over.
At the time we though that it was just lack of food as he perked up and shown no more neurological symptoms.
We gotten him more Oxbow hay thinking that he did not have enough nutrients from the mix of oxbow and some other hays that we bought that were cheaper.
We spoke to the vet about his problems but he told us that they do not know and to take him to the exotics vet that saw Black. But we knew from experience with Black that it is not going to help much. So we just given him more care and attention made sure he was clean and warm in his cage and had time out of it.
However this morning the symptoms gotten very bad and he lost control of his body and fell over many times and he died shortly after 10 am about 30 minutes after we found him weak in the morning.
One of the suspected diagnosis was e.cuniculi.
Our vet told us that even with treatment once the nodules or something like that form in the rabbit's body the damage is done which cannot be reversed.
May be that is why they died.
Black was also similar in that he could not gain weight despite him having normal or increased food availability. We blamed the pellets but it must have been this E.cuniculi that caused neurological symptoms and eventually death.
The vet said that there is no definitive test for e.cuniculi. But I think they were right since they did not find anything else wrong with Black.
I miss my rabbits.
Only yesterday he was still eating hay when I went to bed.
I noticed that both rabbits lost weight, had choking episodes on pellets and towards the end Red had one episode of being weak and falling over.
At the time we though that it was just lack of food as he perked up and shown no more neurological symptoms.
We gotten him more Oxbow hay thinking that he did not have enough nutrients from the mix of oxbow and some other hays that we bought that were cheaper.
We spoke to the vet about his problems but he told us that they do not know and to take him to the exotics vet that saw Black. But we knew from experience with Black that it is not going to help much. So we just given him more care and attention made sure he was clean and warm in his cage and had time out of it.
However this morning the symptoms gotten very bad and he lost control of his body and fell over many times and he died shortly after 10 am about 30 minutes after we found him weak in the morning.
One of the suspected diagnosis was e.cuniculi.
Our vet told us that even with treatment once the nodules or something like that form in the rabbit's body the damage is done which cannot be reversed.
May be that is why they died.
Black was also similar in that he could not gain weight despite him having normal or increased food availability. We blamed the pellets but it must have been this E.cuniculi that caused neurological symptoms and eventually death.
The vet said that there is no definitive test for e.cuniculi. But I think they were right since they did not find anything else wrong with Black.
I miss my rabbits.
